From our affiliate WPXZ in Punxsutawney …
A crisis delegate, along with the Brookville Borough Police, prevented a potential mass shooting in Jefferson County.
ExploreVanango.Com reports on the morning of July 20th the Brookville PD received a call from the Jefferson-Clearfield Crisis Center reporting 30-year-old Christopher R. Strimple of Punxsutawney expressed homicidal Ideation and had the means to cause harm to others at a truck stop in the borough. Through negotiations, authorities secured the weapons in Strimple’s possession and he was involuntary hospitalized for a mental evaluation.
According to the published report, charges of criminal attempt to murder were filed in the District Court.
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